Add documentation for git-config-set

[git.git] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index bbb13f3..63ccf62 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -5,10 +5,13 @@ Normally you can just do "make" followed by "make install", and that
 will install the git programs in your own ~/bin/ directory.  If you want
 to do a global install, you can do
 
-       make prefix=/usr install
+       $ make prefix=/usr ;# as yourself
+       # make prefix=/usr install ;# as root
 
-(or prefix=/usr/local, of course).  Some day somebody may send me a RPM
-spec file or something, and you can do "make rpm" or whatever.
+(or prefix=/usr/local, of course).  Just like any program suite
+that uses $prefix, the built results have some paths encoded,
+which are derived from $prefix, so "make all; make prefix=/usr
+install" would not work.
 
 Issues of note:
 
@@ -72,3 +75,15 @@ Issues of note:
           history graphically
 
        - "ssh" is used to push and pull over the net
+
+       - "perl" and POSIX-compliant shells are needed to use most of
+         the barebone Porcelainish scripts.
+
+       - "python" 2.3 or more recent; if you have 2.3, you may need
+          to build with "make WITH_OWN_SUBPROCESS_PY=YesPlease".
+
+ - Some platform specific issues are dealt with Makefile rules,
+   but depending on your specific installation, you may not
+   have all the libraries/tools needed, or you may have
+   necessary libraries at unusual locations.  Please look at the
+   top of the Makefile to see what can be adjusted for your needs.